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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

Below, some news and notes...

Several media sources including Haaretz.com, The Hoops Market and One were first in reporting that the Israeli club, Ironi Ashkelon has signed Jon Jaques (Cornell '10). Jaques is the fourth memeber of Cornell's class of 2010 to sign a professional basketball contract, joining Ryan Wittman (summer contracts with Boston Celtics and New York Knicks), Jeff Foote (Israel-Maccabi Tel Aviv), and Louis Dale (Germany-BG Göttingen). Macklin and Lovett represents Jaques and confirmed the signing. Meanwhile, Dale is signed with World Wide Hoops while Wittman is signed with Mark Termini Associates Inc. Dale's agent also confirmed his signing.

It was painful to watch Witt until the final 3 minutes of that game.I had actually stopped watching near the start of the fourth quarter and was surprised to read that he eventually finished with 6 points so I went back to watch the archived version.

Seems like at first he just camped out, wide open in the wings, waiting for someone to pass to him, which they simply did not; by the end, he just took matters into his own hands and got active around the net. Good on him. I hope he gets to showcase his signature skill at some point though.

i understand the difference, thanks. i see these kids are shooting up ridiculous shots instead of passing because they are trying to get their stats up so they get noticed...but the scouts will be more impressed that when wittman gets the ball he makes the extra pass giving his teammate the chance to knock down a 3. he'll get his.

After watching some of the Orlando games, I don't really think NBA Summer League fare is representative of in-season NBA action either.

There's been little time for coaching. The offense appears to contain mostly slashing towards the basket (or not), with some dishing inside to a waiting PF or C. There's less perimeter ball movement than you see in the regular season.

During an in-season game, all well-coached NBA teams get an open 38-42% distance shooter his looks. Even though you saw Witt pass the ball to a more open perimeter guy a couple times, there's really no incentive for most players to make it happen in the Summer League.